SALEM — The State Energy Loan Program Advisory Committee will meet by teleconference at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19 in Salem. The meeting is open to the public by calling 1-800-486-2460 and using participant code 910406.

Staff of the Oregon Department of Energy will present updates to the committee on the Governor’s Cool Schools Initiative. SELPAC will also hear about the heating and lighting renovations in the Montgomery Park Building (Portland), and the SiC Processing USA (Portland) loan, which will cover energy upgrades for a silicon reclamation processing plant. A complete agenda for the meeting can be found on the ODOE website at: www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/LOANS/selphm.shtml.

The State Energy Loan Program makes long-term, fixed-rate loans to governments, tribes, schools, non-profit organizations, businesses and individuals, to finance Oregon projects that conserve energy or use renewable resources.

To request an interpreter for the hearing-impaired or for other accommodations, please contact Rosa Carbaugh at 503-934-4010 or via fax at 503-934-4006. TTY users should call the Oregon Relay Service at 711.

The next SELPAC meeting is scheduled for March 15.

NOTE: In state law, SELP officially refers to the Small Scale Energy Loan Program.